Patents Examined by Abid A Mustansir
  • Patent number: 10424975
    Abstract: A sensor module (112) for determining a concentration of at least one analyte in a body fluid of a user is disclosed. The sensor module (112) includes at least one sensor element (116) adapted to determine the concentration of the analyte, wherein the sensor element (116) is at least partly implantable into a body tissue of the user; at least one control device (118) connected to the sensor element (116), wherein the control device (118) includes at least one data collection device (122) adapted to collect measurement data acquired by using the sensor element (116). The control device (118) further includes at least one wireless near-field communication device (124) adapted to transmit measurement data. The control device (118) further includes a rechargeable energy storage device (134) and is adapted to transmit at least one demand for recharging the rechargeable energy storage device (134) via the near-field communication device (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Kube, Michael Orth
  • Patent number: 10420677
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for indirectly determining weight on eye, the weight resulting from contact between the eye and a docking apparatus for laser ophthalmic surgery. The system includes a docking apparatus, a measuring device, a display and a processor that determines a relative distance between a detectable position of a component of the docking apparatus and a neutral position of the eye, determines the weight on eye by reference to sensed force-distance reference data, and generates and transmits a pictorial representation of weight on eye to a display. The disclosure further provides a method for indirectly determining weight on eye, the weight resulting from contact between the eye and a docking apparatus for laser ophthalmic surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Michael Wittnebel, Martin Starigk
  • Patent number: 10420492
    Abstract: A biometric sensor arrangement (10) comprises a first radiation source (11), a second radiation source (12) that is implemented as a flash radiation source and a driver (13) coupled to the first and the second radiation source (11, 12) and configured to selectively operate the first and the second radiation source (11, 12). Moreover, the biometric sensor arrangement (10) comprises a photosensor (16) and a signal conditioning unit (18) coupled to the photosensor (16) and designed to provide a biometric signal (SB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventor: Jan Enenkel
  • Patent number: 10413226
    Abstract: A device for non-contact measurement of blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) in a mammalian subject including a camera and one or more arrays of LEDs each having a first set of LEDs emitting near infrared (NIR), and the second set of LEDs emitting orange light located in an optical path adapted to transmit reflected light from a subject to the camera. A controller transmits a camera trigger to the camera, and is further coupled to transmit control signals to the one or more arrays of LEDs. A processor receives photoplethysmography (PPG) data signal values from the camera. The PPG data signal values are present in the reflected light and include pulsatile and non-pulsatile components. The processor determines SpO2 values from the PPG data signal values from the measured ratios of pulsatile to non-pulsatile components of the PPG signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nongjian Tao, Dangdang Shao
  • Patent number: 10390742
    Abstract: A non-invasive monitor for measuring regional saturation of oxygen includes a sensor unit containing a printed circuit board on which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are mounted; a main body unit; a sensor holder for holding the sensor unit while the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are disposed in an aperture portion; a sensor pressing board; a connecting unit for electrically connecting the sensor unit and the main body unit; and a headband. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are disposed such that a light emitting surface and a light receiving surface face the forehead-side, and a part or the whole of the forehead-side surface of the sensor unit is on the same surface as the forehead-side surface of the sensor holder or protrudes from the forehead-side surface of the sensor holder toward the forehead-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KOHKEN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Matsui, Mitsuo Matsui, Yasuo Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10376164
    Abstract: PPG sensor emits light at at least three wavelengths (Y1-Y3) and detects the reflected light. The PPG sensor comprises a motion correction unit (130) for correcting motion artefacts from the detected light signals by subtracting the output signal of the detected light at the second wavelength (Y2) from an average of an output signal of the detected light at the first and third wavelength (Y1, Y3). The three wavelengths (Y1-Y3) are arranged around 550 nm. The second wavelength (Y2) is arranged equal distantly between the first and third wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Cristian Nicolae Presura, Andrei Nicolae
  • Patent number: 10376189
    Abstract: A concentration correction system includes an infrared detector and components that produce an aggregate emission of infrared radiation. A mirror assembly includes a mirror and is changeable between a correcting configuration and a measuring configuration. In the correcting configuration, the mirror produces a mirror signal incident on the detector. The mirror assembly also obstructs external body infrared radiation from reaching the detector. In the measuring configuration, the mirror assembly allows the external body infrared radiation onto the detector. A concentration correction method includes receiving external body infrared radiation and simultaneously receiving a first portion of the aggregate emission. A measurement value indicative of concentration is recorded from the detector. A second portion of the aggregate emission reflected with the mirror and produces a mirror signal incident on the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GlucoVista, Inc.
    Inventors: Yonatan Gerlitz, Alexander Ostritsky, Rotem Gerlitz
  • Patent number: 10376223
    Abstract: Provided is a living-body information measurement device including a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element each that emits different light in wavelength, a light receiving element that receives the light emitted from the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element, a control unit that controls an emission period of each of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element so that the number of times of emission of the second light emitting element per unit time is less than the number of times of emission of the first light emitting element per unit time, and a measuring unit that measures plural living-body information based on the light received in the light receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Umekawa, Kazuhiro Sakai, Manabu Akamatsu, Tomoaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10357189
    Abstract: A biological information acquisition device includes: a light emitting unit which casts light on a living body; a plurality of light receiving units which receives the light transmitted through the living body; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit and the light receiving units. The control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light as a measurement light emitting unit, causes a plurality of measurement light receiving units spaced apart from the measurement light emitting unit by a first distance, of the plurality of light receiving units, to receive the light cast from measurement light emitting unit and thus acquires a plurality of light receiving results, and acquires biological information using a first light receiving result with a highest light reception intensity and a second light receiving result with a lowest light reception intensity, of the plurality of light receiving results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Koide, Tetsuji Fujita, Takashi Toya
  • Patent number: 10335088
    Abstract: A biometric information detecting apparatus includes a bio-signal measurer including a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, the light-emitting unit configured to emit an optical signal and the light-receiving unit configured to detect the optical signal that is modulated by a target object; a low-frequency signal obtainer configured to obtain a low-frequency signal from the bio-signal measured by the bio-signal measurer; and a signal processor configured to analyze biometric information from the bio-signal in response to determining that the low-frequency signal obtained from the bio-signal is within a reference range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sangyun Park, Yongjoo Kwon, Younho Kim, Heechan Kim, Jonghyun Park, Byeongwook Yoo
  • Patent number: 10299706
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose measurement are disclosed. The methods and apparatus utilize exposing a biological object supplied with blood and capable of transmitting infrared radiation therethrough, to an incident beam of polarized infrared radiation with a given angular position of a polarization plane, determining an angular position of a polarization plane of the radiation transmitted through the biological object with a polarizer-analyzer, and measuring an angle shift between said angular positions of the polarization planes of the incident and transmitted radiation, and calculating a glucose concentration C. The methods and apparatus further utilize measuring the length and oscillations of a whisker connected to the polarizer-analyzer and to a rigid support so as to calculate the instantaneous positions of the polarizer-analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Bosin
  • Patent number: 10278625
    Abstract: Provided is a blood measuring apparatus including: a spectroscope; an optical system configured to irradiate a living body with excitation light from a light source, and to guide, to the spectroscope, Raman scattered light from the living body; a control unit configured to adjust an irradiation position at which the living body is irradiated with the excitation light by the optical system; and a detector configured to detect a spectrum of the Raman scattered light using light of each wavelength dispersed by the spectroscope. A plurality of the spectra detected by the detector are integrated, and numerical value information regarding a substance included in blood of the living body is measured based on an integration result, and the control unit adjusts the irradiation position such that the plurality of spectra are detected at changed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Yasuhide Kusaka
  • Patent number: 10271747
    Abstract: A living-body information measuring device includes plural light-emitting elements, a light-receiving element that is disposed at a position at different distances from the light-emitting elements and that receives reflected light beams that are reflected from a living body when the light-emitting elements emit light beams toward the living body, a control unit that controls the light-emitting elements so that the light-emitting elements successively emit the light beams, and a measurement unit that measures living-body information at plural depths in the living body by using the reflected light beams that are successively received by the light-receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ozawa, Hideyuki Umekawa, Tomoaki Kojima, Kazuhiro Sakai, Manabu Akamatsu